# The Rewards of Piety

nu lære ic ðe || swa man leofne sceal
gif ðu wille ðæt blowende || rice gestigan
ðænne beo ðu eadmod || and ælmesgeorn
wis on wordum || and wæccan lufa
on hyge halgum || on ðas hwilwendan tid
bliðe mode || and gebedum filige
oftost symle || ðær ðu ana sy
forðan ðæt halige gebed || and seo hluttre lufu
godes and manna || and seo ælmessylen
and se miccla hopa || to ðinum hælende
ðæt he ðine synna || adwæscan wylle
and eac oðera fela || 
godra weorca || glengað and bringað
ða soðfæstan || sauwle to reste
on ða uplican || eadignesse
wyrc ðæt ðu wyrce || word oððe dæda
hafa metodes ege || on gemang symle
ðæt is witodlice || wisdomes ord
ðæt ðu ðæt ece leoht || eal ne forleose
ðeos woruld is æt ende || and we synd wædlan gyt
heofena rices || ðæt is hefig byrden
and ðeah ðu æfter ðinum ende || eall gesylle
ðæt ðu on eorðan || ær gestryndes
goda gehwylces || wylle gode cweman
ne mihtu mid ðæm eallum || sauwle ðine
ut alysan || gif heo inne wyrð
feondum befangen || frofre bedæled
welena forwyrned || ac ðu wuldres god
ece ælmihtigne || ealninga bidde
ðæt he ðe ne forlæte || laðum to handa
feondum to frofre || ac ðu fleoh ðanan
syle ælmessan || oft and gelome
digolice || ðæt bið drihtnes lac
gumena gehwylces || ðe on god gelyfð
ceapa ðe mid æhtum || eces leohtes
ðy læs ðu forweorðe || ðænne ðu hyra geweald nafast
to syllanne || hit bið swiðe yfel
manna gehwilcum || ðæt he micel age
gif he him god ne ondræt || 
swiðor micle || ðonne his sylfes gewil
warna ðe georne || wið ðære wambe fylle
forðan heo ða unðeawas || ealle gesomnað
ðe ðære saule || swiðost deriað
ðæt is druncennes || and dyrnegeligere
ungemet wilnung || ætes and slæpes
ða man mæg mid fæstenum || 
and forhæfdnessum || heonon adrifan
and mid cyricsocnum || cealdum wederum
eadmodlice || ealluncga biddan
heofena drihten || ðæt he ðe hæl gife
milde mundbora || swa him gemet ðince
and ondræd ðu ðe || dihle wisan
nearwe geðancas || ðe on niht becumað
synlustas foroft || swiðe fremman
earfoðlice || ðy ðu earhlice scealt
gyltas ðine || swiðe bemurnan
har hilderinc || hefie ðe ðincað
synna ðine || forðam ðu sylf ongyte
ðæt ðu alætan scealt || læne staðelas
eard and eðel || uncuð bið ðe ðænne
tohwan ðe ðin drihten || gedon wille
ðænne ðu lengc ne most || lifes brucan
eardes on eðle || swa ðu ær dydest
blissum hremi || nu ðu ðe beorgan scealt
and wið feonda gehwæne || fæste healdan
sauwle ðine || a hi winnað
embe ðæt || 
dæges and nihtes || ongean drihtnes lif
ðu miht hy gefleman || gif ðu filian wilt
larum minum || swa ic lære ðe
digollice || ðæt ðu on dægred oft
ymbe ðinre sauwle ræd || swiðe smeage
hu ðu ðæt ece leoht || æfre begytan mæge
siðe gesecan || ðu scealt glædlice swiðe swincan
wið ðæs uplican || eðelrices
dæges and nihtes || ðu scealt druncen fleon
and ða oferfylle || ealle forlætan
gif ðu wilt ða upplican || eardwic ceosan
ðænne scealt ðu hit on eorðan || ær geðencan
and ðu ðe sylfne || swiðe gebindan
and ða unðeawas || ealle forlætan
ðe ðu on ðis life ær || lufedest and feddest